Match began around 9:20 am after contract signing. Ron had whites for first game of 11-16 22-18 7-11 (which they had in previous match). First half of game followed Basic Checkers trunk (then I had to leave for work). They are playing in larger ballroom that was used for 2006 National. The film crew folks may be in later for the match. I took a couple pics and will send to JR later.

Hazeian King wrote me that he showed up at Barbados airport on Friday at 7:00 am for a 7:00 flight.I'm not sure which leg of the flight was missed Saturday. He wound up in Cleveland later than I expected him.I visited with Ron last night, but we didn't review the weekend in detail. He mostly wanted to play some practice games and to look ahead.

So Ron wins first game , and perhaps misses win in 5th !!! This means that Alex is off to a great start , as I am one of the people who can surely say that when Alex is under pressure , is when he is at his most dangerous and most creative !!!

I also won the freyer way against Buckby in 2000 British , however on crossboard terms who ( with very good visualisation of course ) would be tempted with the PP routes , which without prior knowledge seem a bit " ify " .

For interesting game see the Oldbury missed win on Tinsley , and on which I have an unrevealed transposition from an entirely different opening!!!

Thanks, I will review the Oldbury -Tinsley game. I will see if I can find the openingthat the position came up with. I want to clear something for Irma. Irma, I wasjust stating that Ron King was in a loss after Alex went 2522 and it didn't matter ifhe went 12-16 or 8-11 or took the other jump as all moves would lose in the positionthat Alex showed. Of course William is correct when he said there is a much betterway to draw than the way Ron King was playing the position. William , Please sendme your email address to my email address which is mbanks36@hotmail.comI have some information I want to share with you.